16 CHAPTER 1 Critical Thinking Skills $140 per night. Cost for food and miscellaneous items during the move will be about $70 per day for three days. Estimate their total expenses for the move. $3100 36. The Cost of a Vacation The Kleins are planning a vacation in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Their round-trip airfare from Houston, Texas, to Knoxville, Tennessee, totals $973. Car rental is $61 per day and lodging is a total of $97 per day, and they estimate a total of $200 per day for food, gas, and other miscellaneous items. If they are planning to stay six full days and nights, estimate their total expenses. $3130 37. The Pacific Coast Highway Following is a map of California’s scenic Pacific Coast Highway. Using the scale on the map, estimate the distance between Carmel-by-the-Sea and Hearst Castle. 90 mi CALIFORNIA Monterey Point Lobos State Reserve Andrew Molena State Park Carmel-by-the-Sea Garrapata State Park Bixby Bridge Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park Lucia Cambria Morro Bay 0 mi 20 Gorda Hearst Castle Pfeiffer Big Sur State Park 38. The Olympic Peninsula Following is a map of the Olympic Peninsula in the state of Washington. Using the scale on the map, estimate the distance of the route starting at Forks and ending at Sequim, passing through Port Angeles. 75 mi 40 Miles 0 20 Neah Bay Forks Kalaloch Sekiu Sappho Hoquiam Port Townsend Sequim Mt. Olympus To Centralia OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK Quilcene Olympia Ozette La Push Clallam Bay Port Angeles To Bellingham Seattle Tacoma 26. Pool Cleaning Venus runs a pool-cleaning service. She charges $29 per pool and is currently cleaning 42 pools per week. Estimate Venus’s total weekly charges. $1200 27. Coffee Cost On days that Curt works, he purchases a caramel cappuccino which costs $4.95. Curt works 6 days per week and 52 weeks per year. Estimate the total amount Curt spends on caramel cappuccinos in one year. $1500 28. Annual Pay Alyssa is a bookkeeper for a restaurant. She is paid $22 per hour and works 28 hours per week and 48 weeks per year. Estimate Alyssa’s annual pay. $30,000 29. Monthly Expenses Li’s total monthly expenses consist of room and board: $595; car payment: $289; gas: $120; insurance: $110; and miscellaneous expenses: $230. Estimate Li’s total monthly expenses. $1300 30. Estimating Weights In a tug of war, the weight of the members of the two three-person teams is given. Estimate the difference in the weights of the teams. 30 lb Team A Team B 189 183 172 229 191 167 31. Running a 5K Race Gladys is running a race that is 5 kilometers, or about 3.1 miles, long. Her average time per mile is 14 minutes 55 seconds. Estimate the time it will take her to complete the race. 45 minutes 32. Long Distance Running Jenny is a long-distance runner whose average time per mile is 10 minutes 5 seconds. Estimate the time it will take her to complete a marathon, which is 26.2 miles long. 260 minutes or 4 hours and 20 minutes 33. Exchanging Currency Giannis visited Guanajuato, Mexico, and purchased a vase that cost 599 Mexican pesos. The exchange rate was one U.S. dollar for 20.14 Mexican pesos. Estimate the cost of the vase in U.S. dollars. $30 34. Exchanging Currency Vanessa visited Cairo, Egypt, and purchased a carpet for 1605 Egyptian pounds. The exchange rate for one U.S. dollar was 19.15 Egyptian pounds. Estimate the cost of the carpet in U.S. dollars. $80 35. Cost of Moving Max and Angela are moving to Birmingham, Alabama from Windsor, California. Renting a moving van costs about $1619. Gasoline for the trip will cost about $980. Two nights in hotels will cost about Santiago Nunez Iniguez/123RF
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